In these early weeks of “ordinary” time, we are being introduced to Jesus and the beginning of his public ministry. Matthew’s ...

On the first day of our introductory preaching course, my colleague presents a continuum. At one end is the view that the preacher has sole responsibility to make the gospel heard, to get Jesus to ...

Postmodernism, with its critique of modern assumptions about knowledge, language, authority and narrative, presents new challenges for preachers. Postmodernity is generally seen as entailing a ...

If Jesus walked into your church this Sunday and preached, what would he say? That’s a question pastor Jim Martin has asked on his blog, A Place for the God-Hungry. Jim is pastor of Crestview Church ...

Probably we noticed, as we listened to the gospel, that Jesus really does not answer the person's question, the one who cried out from the crowd, "Will only a few be saved?" Obviously the person ...

A pastor was showing a painting of Jesus during a children’s sermon. She said, “Now, young people, you understand this painting came from the artist’s imagination. He didn’t really know ...